adding a bit “more” isn’t too bad.

That’s not the job of a bloody translator.

From people who have no translation in their own language, yes it is.

For me, it’s massive shitpost in reviews which I just want to know if the game is good. The worst thing is their often so unfunny and wish there’s a way to filter out those reviews (which is using it loosely)

Literally a bug

Bug report: not enough bugs in the city of bugs.

Big countries really sound entitled when you’ve lived a life of your language not even being considered, I understand where they come from but I can’t help but feel a little aggravated

I mean yes and no. The translator is supposed to make sure the text conveys the same meaning/intent. That doesn’t mean things are 1:1.

With cryptic and poetic text as seen in these games you certainly can’t just Google translate it.

Don’t sell to markets you don’t understand. I don’t feel sorry for them, even as a big Hollow Knight fan.

Yep, this is caused because people flood in from their little discord server where everyone has crawled up the dev’s ass. Once you learn to recognize this you’ll never be able to unsee it.

Too often I have bought a game that was reviewed as overwhelmingly positive and it turned out to be some boring ass niche game.

Ironically, this is how I feel about Hollow Knight lol

Thats the thing, that IS the atmosphere the game goes for, you do not know about what you are talking about.

The game is deliberately pretentious? Okay. Then the negative reviews are justified.

I don’t even understand how that logic is supposed to work. Fuck every localisation attempt, then? 99% of games will be English only?

the lines in hollow knight/silksong feel empty so adding a bit “more” isn’t too bad.

translator is supposed to make sure the text conveys the same meaning/intent

Those are not the same thing.

The people talk like characters from a Shakespeare play, youre just virtue signaling

Believe me, no one gives a damn about a critic.

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I thought stream updated policies so that this time of foreign review bombing wouldn’t be as apparent? (Reviews in your specific region counting)

Edit: they did. Still is very positive for everyone else

I actually don’t know if it’s Steam or Enhanced Steam but there’s a way to filter reviews by language. It’s really neat to see something like overwhelmingly positive in one country, and mixed/negative in another country.

Things feeling overly flowery. Wuxia-style or even nonsensical, clearly show that tone matters as much as accuracy in localization. Let’s hope the upcoming fixes restore the game’s intended mood and readability for all players.